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`htmltidy` — Clean up gnarly HTML/XHTML
Inspired by [this SO question](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/37061873/identify-a-weblink-in-bold-in-r) and because there's a great deal of cruddy HTML out there that needs fixing to use properly when scraping data.
It relies on a locally included version of [`libtidy`](http://www.html-tidy.org/) and works on macOS, Linux & Windows.
The following functions are implemented:
- `tidy_html` : Clean up gnarly HTML/XHTML
### Installation
``` r
devtools::install_github("hrbrmstr/htmltidy")
```
### Usage
``` r
library(htmltidy)
# current verison
packageVersion("htmltidy")
#> [1] '0.2.0.9000'
library(XML)
library(xml2)
library(httr)
res <- GET("http://rud.is")
head(tidy_html(res$content), 256)
#> [1] 3c 21 44 4f 43 54 59 50 45 20 68 74 6d 6c 20 50 55 42 4c 49 43 20 22 2d 2f 2f 57 33 43 2f 2f 44 54 44 20 58 48 54
#> [39] 4d 4c 20 31 2e 30 20 54 72 61 6e 73 69 74 69 6f 6e 61 6c 2f 2f 45 4e 22 0a 20 20 20 20 22 68 74 74 70 3a 2f 2f 77
#> [77] 77 77 2e 77 33 2e 6f 72 67 2f 54 52 2f 78 68 74 6d 6c 31 2f 44 54 44 2f 78 68 74 6d 6c 31 2d 74 72 61 6e 73 69 74
#> [115] 69 6f 6e 61 6c 2e 64 74 64 22 3e 0a 3c 68 74 6d 6c 20 78 6d 6c 6e 73 3d 22 68 74 74 70 3a 2f 2f 77 77 77 2e 77 33
#> [153] 2e 6f 72 67 2f 31 39 39 39 2f 78 68 74 6d 6c 22 3e 0a 3c 68 65 61 64 3e 0a 3c 6d 65 74 61 20 6e 61 6d 65 3d 22 67
#> [191] 65 6e 65 72 61 74 6f 72 22 20 63 6f 6e 74 65 6e 74 3d 0a 22 48 54 4d 4c 20 54 69 64 79 20 66 6f 72 20 48 54 4d 4c
#> [229] 35 20 66 6f 72 20 52 20 76 65 72 73 69 6f 6e 20 35 2e 30 2e 30 22 20 2f 3e 0a 3c 6d
head(tidy_html(content(res, as="raw")), 256)
#> [1] 3c 21 44 4f 43 54 59 50 45 20 68 74 6d 6c 20 50 55 42 4c 49 43 20 22 2d 2f 2f 57 33 43 2f 2f 44 54 44 20 58 48 54
#> [39] 4d 4c 20 31 2e 30 20 54 72 61 6e 73 69 74 69 6f 6e 61 6c 2f 2f 45 4e 22 0a 20 20 20 20 22 68 74 74 70 3a 2f 2f 77
#> [77] 77 77 2e 77 33 2e 6f 72 67 2f 54 52 2f 78 68 74 6d 6c 31 2f 44 54 44 2f 78 68 74 6d 6c 31 2d 74 72 61 6e 73 69 74
#> [115] 69 6f 6e 61 6c 2e 64 74 64 22 3e 0a 3c 68 74 6d 6c 20 78 6d 6c 6e 73 3d 22 68 74 74 70 3a 2f 2f 77 77 77 2e 77 33
#> [153] 2e 6f 72 67 2f 31 39 39 39 2f 78 68 74 6d 6c 22 3e 0a 3c 68 65 61 64 3e 0a 3c 6d 65 74 61 20 6e 61 6d 65 3d 22 67
#> [191] 65 6e 65 72 61 74 6f 72 22 20 63 6f 6e 74 65 6e 74 3d 0a 22 48 54 4d 4c 20 54 69 64 79 20 66 6f 72 20 48 54 4d 4c
#> [229] 35 20 66 6f 72 20 52 20 76 65 72 73 69 6f 6e 20 35 2e 30 2e 30 22 20 2f 3e 0a 3c 6d
(class(tidy_html(content(res, as="text", encoding="UTF-8")))) # output is too long to show
#> [1] "character"
tidy_html(content(res, as="parsed", encoding="UTF-8")) # same as tidy_html(read_html("http://rud.is"))
#> {xml_document}
#>
#> [1] \n \n Welcome to rud.is.
\n> You are in a maze of twisty little passages ...
(class(tidy_html(htmlParse("http://rud.is")))) # output is too long to show
#> [1] "HTMLInternalDocument" "HTMLInternalDocument" "XMLInternalDocument" "XMLAbstractDocument"
```
### Testing Options
``` r
opts <- list(TidyDocType="html5",
TidyMakeClean=TRUE,
TidyHideComments=TRUE,
TidyIndentContent=FALSE,
TidyWrapLen=200)
txt <- "
Test
"
cat(tidy_html(txt, option=opts))
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#> Test
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```
### Code of Conduct
Please note that this project is released with a [Contributor Code of Conduct](CONDUCT.md). By participating in this project you agree to abide by its terms.